[PDF] The Beautiful Is Rotten Phenomenon eBook

Author : Ray Bull
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1461237823

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Several years ago Coleman (1981) reported that in 1979 one of the many in ternational cosmetics companies had an annual sales figure of $2. 38 billion, nearly 1. 25 million sales representatives, and over 700 products, the majority of these being for the face. Cash and Cash (1982) noted that in 1979 U. S. consumers spent over $4 million on cosmetic products. They stated that, "Although this practice would seem to be a fascinating aspect of human be havior on the basis of its generality and resilience, social-behavioral scientists have largely ignored the phenomenon so plainly (or pleasingly) in front of their eyes. " Why should people be so concerned with their facial appearance? Many psychologists have argued (e. g. , Kleck & Rubenstein, 1975) not only that facial information is usually the first that is available to the perceiver, but also that it is continuously available during social interaction. Maruyama and Miller (1981) stated that "appearance is often the first dimension upon which a stranger can be evaluated. Since people tend to see others as integrated and consistent units, rather than as collections of situation-specific behaviors, a potent and immediately evident basis for an evaluation, such as physical appearance, should intrude into and affect any overall and subsequent evalua tion.

Author : Henry Drummond
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 2019-04-21
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8027304210

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This carefully crafted ebook formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Natural Law in the Spiritual World The Ascent of Man The Monkey That Would Not Kill The New Evangelism Love, the Greatest Thing in the World Lessons From the Angelus Pax Vobiscum First! An Address to Boys The Changed Life, the Greatest Need of the World Dealing With Doubt Eternal Life Stones Rolled Away The Man Who Is Down One Way to Help Boys An Appeal to the Outsider: or, the Claims of Christianity Life on the Top Floor The Kingdom of God and Your Part in It The Three Elements of a Complete Life A Life for a Life The Ideal Man The City Without a Church The Programme of Christianity

Author : Xi Feng
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1647363888

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Formless phase, the birth of all things, this was a world where the law of phase was respected. Vein beasts and taboo beasts filled the entire continent, including the North Mountain and the West Sea, and the South Sen East Desert. After Nie Xinghe died, he teleported to the Myriad Appearance Continent. He wanted to see the people he had betrayed in the past. In order to protect them, he had taken the ancient emperor as his master and dominated the entire Myriad Manifestation Continent. Realm division and corresponding titles: Pure Yuan Realm (Cultivator), Emptiness Realm (Emptiness Realm), Void Realm (King's Realm), Void Stage (Honored Scholar), and Great Space Stage (Emperor's Realm)

Author : Arnold Berleant
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 2007-05-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1551116855

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The Aesthetics of Human Environments is a companion volume to Carlson’s and Berleant’s The Aesthetics of Natural Environments. Whereas the earlier collection focused on the aesthetic appreciation of nature, The Aesthetics of Human Environments investigates philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise from our engagement with human environments ranging from rural landscapes to urban cityscapes. Our experience of public spaces such as shopping centers, theme parks, and gardens as well as the impact of our personal living spaces on the routine activities of our everyday life are discussed in terms of their aesthetic value and the nature of our aesthetic appreciation. This volume will appeal to any reader concerned about the aesthetic quality of the world in which we live.

Author : Agata Bielik-Robson
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 303897904X

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What we call here the ‘Marrano phenomenon’ is still a relatively unexplored fact of modern Western culture: the presence of the borderline Jewish identity which avoids clear-cut cultural and religious attribution, but nevertheless exerts significant influence on modern humanities. Our aim, however, is not a historical study of the Marranos (or conversos), i.e., the mostly Spanish and Portguese Jews of the 15th and 16th centuries, who were forced to convert to Christianity, but were suspected of retaining their Judaism ‘undercover’: such an approach already exists and has been developed within the field of historical research. We rather want to apply the ‘Marrano metaphor’ to explore the fruitful area of mixture and crossover which allowed modern thinkers, writers, and artists of the Jewish origin to enter the realm of universal communication—without, at the same time, making them relinquish their Jewishness, which they subsequently developed as a ‘hidden tradition’. What is of special interest to us is the modern development of the non-normative forms of religious thinking located on the borderline between Christianity and Judaism, from Spinoza to Derrida.

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486421325

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Transparently based on the lives of Fitzgerald and his beautiful wife, Zelda, this novel traces the meteoric rise and fall of glittering young socialites Anthony and Gloria Patch. Building their marriage on the shaky foundation of an expected inheritance, they devote their youth and happiness on hedonistic pursuits that plunge them into moral and financial bankruptcy.